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Bolivia
Oxfam International
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"Bolivia is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change for six basic reasons: 1. It is one of the poorest countries in Latin America and suffers from one of the worst patterns of inequality. Low-income groups in developing countries are the most exposed to climate change impacts. 2. It is the country in South America with the highest percentage of indigenous people, where much of the poverty and inequality is concentrated. 3. It is one of the most bio-diverse countries in the world, with a wide variety of ecosystems that are vulnerable to different impacts from climate change. 4. More than half of the country is Amazonian, with high levels of deforestation which adds to the vulnerability to flooding. 5. Located in a climatically volatile region, it is one of the countries in the world most affected by ‘natural’ disasters in recent years. 6. It is home to about twenty per cent of the world’s tropical glaciers, which are retreating more quickly than predicted by many experts."
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2009-10
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